About the day » Wednesday February 7, 1917Calender converter

• Alberdina Wermink, Rijssen († 1995)
• Albertha Fransen, Oeffelt († 2002)
• Anna Broos, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1958)
• Anna 'Mozella' Dean, Madison County, Georgia († 1999)
• Adriana Lucia Vermeer, Tilburg († 2000)
• Antonius Melchiadus Kleine Toereers, Luttenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1983)
• Andries Cornelis Joosten, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1920)
• Apolonia Theodora Ham, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Alfred Vernon Myers Jr, Washington, District of Columbia († 2004)
• Anna H Boelman, Ash Creek, Clinton Township, Rock County, Minnesota († 1973)

• Andries van der Sleen (0), Nieuweroord, Westerbork
• Adriana Vormer, de (76), Hendrik Ido Ambacht Zhl. Nederland
• Anna Maria Burgers (71), Gendt
• Adriana De VORMER (76), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Anna Maria Catharina Pommé (75), Voerendaal
• Adriaantje van der Wijde (62), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes McDonald (67), Crates, Clarion Co., Pa
• Agatha Maria Langezaal (59), Leiden
• Adriaantje Kattestaart (0), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Adriaantje Kattestaart (0), Rotterdam

• 1912 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter († 1981)
• 1915 » Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer († 2002)
• 1915 » Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch († 2007)
• 1916 » Frank Hyde, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster († 2007)
• 1919 » Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient († 2006)
• 1919 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman († 1989)
• 1920 » An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories († 1990)
• 1920 » Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author († 2016)
• 1921 » Athol Rowan, South African cricketer († 1998)
• 1922 » Hattie Jacques, English actress († 1980)

• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)
• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

The temperature on February 7, 1917 was between -10.5 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.